West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-10-13


When the farmer has wood ashes and
charcoal on hand, II is a great advantage
70 mix salt with them and give the mix
ture TO swine as preventive Of disease.
Authorities differ as to the best time 10
cut hay As a rule, farmers wait too
long before cutting, aud 70 strike it Just
right requires judgment and experience.
In regard to the use of plaster in asso-
citation with manure, the best way is TO
sprinkle little behind the cattle every
day-say two or three ounces per head.
Save the wood ashes 20 use as fertil-
lzer. IL is more profitable than 90 sell
them TO the soap maker. Wood ashes
never come amiss or the farm or in the
garden.
Turkeys as well as chickens should
not be allowed TO roost on narrow roosts
while growing, as il causes crooked
breasts, especially in the large variety of
fowls.
Mixed farming is most useful in keep
ing up the soil to "A degree Of fertility
The specialtes engaged in should be in
keeping with the soil and conditions of
the farm.
A more profitable crop or more pala-
table crop cannot be grown than green
Lima beans, picked in the cool of the
morning and shelled by ready fingers for
the MONDAY meal.
The Saffolk sheep, as claimed by their
friends, have few superiors as mutton
sheep. They make extraordinary weights.
and are popular in England. They are
hardy and good grazers.
To prevent lice on fowls the best
thing is the dust bath, which must con.
sist of fine dry clay or coal ashes. Kefo-
senc should not be used on the bodies of
hens, as IL may sometimes kill them.
The opinion is gaining ground that
the proper feeding and care of swine has
much TO do in warding off disease: and
this in tho face of the fact that the most
carefully fed lots sometimes die in an in
credibly short time.
At sixty days of age, says an exchange,
lambs will net from 81 10 So or more n
head, according to quality; and the bus.
mess Is Just as proper as TO keep them
two or three years to sell them for the
same price per head as wethers.
The Iowa Agricultural College experi-
ments show That deep culture in the
middle of the row does less injury than
near the hills. Level culture of medium
depth accomplishes all the purposes Of
working the soil without serious injury
TO the roots.
Hogs are excellent cleaners of tbe
wheat fields. We have never observed
any i'll effects upon the animals IL there is
plenty of clover and water as well as some
wheat in the field Sheep, on the other
hand, we should hardly care to trust ON
the stubbles.
Horses put to hard work will almost
surely show puffy spots under the har-
ness which will soon make bad gals if
neglected. Lift the harness and battle
spots with cold water when the team
rests at evening. Make sure that collars
especially fit well and are smooth and
hard.
Many farmers who have an abundance
of straw are too careless about stacking
1t. The stack should be will built even
If one intends to rot the straw. Dry
straw is comparatively light and easy to
handle, and it can be thrown from the
tack and scattered over the yard from
SINE to time without much trouble.
Poultry yards should be on sandy soil.
if possible, in order to avoid mud or
slush on the ground, as roup is liable to
leak ont in flocks that are kent i'm damn
locations. The yards should be well
drained, the surface covered with sharp
fine gravel, and cleaned off at least once
every two weeks where the flock is large.
Oxford Down sheep attain to very
heavy weights, the ram at three years of
age reaching as high as 400 pounds. and
ewes 300. They are the largest of the
mutton breeds, and yield a fleece of me-
dunn wool weighing twenty pounds.
These weights are for special individuals
that have been on exhibition, but 300
pounds Is not an unusual weight for rams
over two years old.